14 Amendments of Domènec RUIZ DEVESA related to 2021/2229(INL)
Amendment 3 #
Citation 5
— having regard to its legislative resolution of 3 May 2022 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision3 (‘resolution of 3 May 2022 on the reform of thenew electoral law of the European Union’), _________________ 3 OJ C 465, 6.12.2022, p. 171.
Amendment 10 #
Recital C
C. whereas its resolution of 3 May 2022 on the reform of thenew electoral law of the European Union proposes the establishment of a Union-wide constituency;
Amendment 19 #
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas compliance with the principle of degressive proportionality, as prescribed in Article 14(2) TEU, has been systematically thwarted by political negotiations in Parliament and the Council based on other criteria;
Amendment 20 #
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas, in order to respect the letter of the treaties, a permanent calculation mechanism should be put in place in order to establish a composition that reflects the demographic developments in the Member States of the Union;
Amendment 22 #
Paragraph 2
Amendment 24 #
Paragraph 3
3. RecognisesTakes note that a number of Member States consider that the voting system in the Council needs to be taken into consideration when deciding on the allocation of seats in the European Parliament;
Amendment 31 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that Article 4(3) TEU establishes a duty of sincere cooperation and a mutual legal obligation for the Union and the Member States to assist each other in carrying out tasks which flow from the Treaties; recalls in this regard that Council should start negotiations with Parliament not from the moment when it considers that a majority or unanimity can be achieved but within a reasonable timespan from the moment a file has been transferred to its secretary; considers that the postponement of a decision on the modification of the European electoral law is against the duty of loyal cooperation and has a negative impact on the next composition of the European Parliament;
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 5
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Proposes to establish a permanent mechanism for calculating the composition of Parliament and suggests, as it is done in the Council of the European Union, to give a mandate to Eurostat to produce updated statistics one month before the mid-term and a recommendation on the composition of Parliament based on these; commits to draw up its proposal to the Council on the basis of these technical recommendations;
Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Instructs the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to propose the details of such a procedure that would implement the requirements of the article 14(2) TEU and include a permanent calculation method used to establish degressive proportionality;
Amendment 53 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution
Article 3 – paragraph 1
resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 176 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 154 Germany 96 Estonia 7 Ireland 14 Greece 21 Spain 61 France 79 Croatia 12 Italy 76 Cyprus 6 Latvia 98 Lithuania 110 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 210 Malta 6 Netherlands 310 Austria 2019 Poland 52 Portugal 21 Romania 332 Slovenia 98 Slovakia 154 Finland 154 Sweden 21 Union-wide 28 constituency
Amendment 54 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution
Article 3 – paragraph 1
resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 176 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 154 Germany 96 Estonia 7 Ireland 14 Greece 21 Spain 61 France 79 Croatia 12 Italy 76 Cyprus 6 Latvia 98 Lithuania 110 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 210 Malta 6 Netherlands 310 Austria 2019 Poland 52 Portugal 21 Romania 332 Slovenia 98 Slovakia 154 Finland 154 Sweden 21
Amendment 57 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 61 #
Annex to the explanatory statement
Title
Principle-based solution for the allocation of seats at the level of the Member States in Parliament for the 2024 - 2029 parliamentary term: